New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
Checklist of fungi on cabbage trees (Cordyline spp.) and
New Zealand flaxes (Phormium spp.) in New Zealand
E. H. C. McKenzie
P. K. Buchanan
P. R. Johnston
New Zealand Fungal Herbarium (PDD)
Landcare Research
Private Bag 92170
Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract A brief account of the fungi found in New
Zealand on cabbage trees (Cordyline spp.) and New Zealand
flaxes (Phormium spp.) is followed by an annotated listing of
all fungi known to grow on living or dead parts of these endemic
monocotyledonous plants. Records have been gleaned mainly from the New
Zealand Fungal Herbarium (PDD) and its associated database, and from
the literature. The fungi include parasites and saprobes. A total of 72
named species of fungi and 15 species identified only to genus,
distributed within 72 genera, have been recorded on Cordyline.
The corresponding figures for Phormium are 59 named species of
fungi and 15 species identified only to genus, distributed within 54
genera. Thirteen species have been described from New Zealand with Cordyline
as the type substratum and 17 with Phormium. Of these, 27
species are endemic and known only on Cordyline or Phormium.
The three exceptions are Sphaeria tenacis (= Anthostomella
tenacis) and Poria cordylines (= Protomerulius caryae),
which occur throughout the world on various plants, and Periconiella
phormii, which also occurs in Taiwan, on Dianella ensifolia.
Keywords biodiversity; parasites; saprobes; type
species
B04033; Received 2 August 2004; accepted 6 October 2004; Online
publication date 17 March 2005
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2005, Vol. 43: 119–139
0028–825X/05/4301–0119 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2005
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